"friends are the family we choose for ourselves."

how would we ever survive without friends? these past couple days have been spent among friends. i am so thankful for them. i am thankful i can open up and talk to them, let my walls down with them, watch fun movies like avatar with them, play tennis with them, laugh with them, cry with them, celebrate birthdays and eat yummy rib eye steaks, twice-baked potatoes and cake with them. though i sometimes consider myself a loner, i need friends. near or far, i consider myself blessed to have good friends. i love my friends.